The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-11-17

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The ladies Of . new-nsdged eeoGl-
dates family object, with reason, - ~
neglect Of domestic interests n III -
pursuit after the phantom cflce.
Take very busy man; the work g !
which he depends for livelihood, =
these days Of three.per-cent sarniA6D
and destructive competition, probably
leaves him little leisure for the sn5cys
ment Of the home which he works =
hard to maintain. Social duties ase
added as distracting agencies; quite
likely ho belongs to club or two;
church or vestry claims its share Of hte
attention; for the pleasures of HE own
fireside but few hours remain to spare.
On such man there waits, in an evil
hour, committee that invites him -
run for the ward" fhe was in England
they would invite him to ''s,oud;" u
America he is called unor to vun.
Now ..uppose he sat down to figure,
not merely on the pecuniary, but On
the temporal cost of such proceeding,
he would at once discover that out Of
twenty.four hours he sleeps about seven;
that he requires two to eat three com
Portable meals; that his business demands
at least ten; and, therefore, he has 1te
hours which he may we'll give each day
to public affairs. "Why, then," says th11
flattered and confiding man to himself,
SHOULD not accept the nomination r
And this he forthwith proceeds to do.
The citizen imagines that he says this
to himself; in reality, It Is instilled int
his mind by the dark Tempter, whe
ever stands at mortal elbows, waiting
Just such an occasion % we are con-
sidering to whisper fatal advice.
What follows upon this ill-starred pH-i
ancyf First of all, politics begins -
intrude on business. Can he leave the
store few minutes to meet this or that
representative of an interest or precinctS
Certainly. Can he close An hour or -
earlier than usual, in order to attend this
or that meeting? o, Of course. viii he
make few remarks? Well, II II 10 necee-
sary, he will try. Now, he has probably
never spoken in public; thinking on his
| legs is an unknown art to him, and ht1
| first experience in that line becomes Z
| subject of gloomy anticipation.
So he makes his appearance at home
long before the usual time to the great
delight of the family circle. But gloon
settles suddenly down upon them when
he insists ON Immediately withdrawing
to an obscure upper chamber ITO think OF
| something to say" Then commence the
regular nightly absences from home,
with returns in cabs long after the cars
have ceased running, Mysterious con.
with men of all shades Of color
from pure white to the dusk
lest black, spirituous adjuncts being
almost always found necessary -
arrive at any satisfactory conclusion.
For the details of home management, The
hundred little things that interest wife,
mother and children, the absorbed head
of the family has no time" He has
| gotten himself into new world, wherein
| they have little part, and, while It may
soon disgust him with its selfishness, IT,
weaknesses, and its insincerity, for the
| nonce, It wraps him up completely, and
shuts his soul away from its proper and
healthy kindred.
And 1t is charmed draught which the
unthinking man has put to his lips. Poll.
tics grows fast upon one From pastime
it soon becomes sort of necessity. Disap-
pointments, which here, - everywhero
else, outnumber realizations ten to one,
sour the heart. Something additional
to worry over has been acquired-a fresA
burden Of cares self-loaded on the Pc
tient back. Fortunate Is he who,
having drunk deeply of the magic
potation, possesses . spouse with
intelligence and spirit enough to share
with him its Intoxicating contents. Hall
the unpleasantness of political career
must be saved to the man who has sym
pathetic wife to comprehend his states
manship, and rejoice with him when 1t 70
duly honored by others, and mourn with
him when the treasures of its wisdom are
ciative people.